Iyov 15:1

1 5 Then answered Eliphaz the Temani, and said,

Iyov 15:1 Meaning and Commentary

Job 15:1

Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite
Or, who was of Teman, as the Targum, the first of Job's friends and comforters, the oldest of them, who first began the dispute with him; which was carried on by his two other companions, who had spoken in their turns; and now in course it fell to him to answer a second time, as he here does,

and said,
as follows.

Iyov 15:1 In-Context

1 5 Then answered Eliphaz the Temani, and said,

2 Should a chacham (wise man) utter vain knowledge, and fill his inner being with the east wind?

3 Should he reason with unprofitable davar (talk)? Or with speeches wherewith no good is done?

4 Yea, thou makest void yireh [Elohim], and doth diminish si’akh (meditation) before El.

5 For thy mouth uttereth thine avon, and thou choosest the leshon arumim (tongue of the crafty).